''Compsura'' is a genus of
characin
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s containing two described species. One species occurs in
Panama
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(''C. gorgonae''), and the other in eastern
Brazil
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.
Species
* ''
Compsura gorgonae''
( Evermann & Goldsborough, 1909)
* ''
Compsura heterura''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
References
*
Compsurini
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